The Information reported that OpenAI and Anthropic, normally rivals, have aligned their lobbying efforts in Washington as the Trump administration prepares to finalize a framework for regulating and evaluating "frontier models" by August 1, 2026. The newsletter frames the cooperation as motivated by self-preservation ahead of the deadline. Most of the reporting sits behind a paywall, so the specific policy positions the two companies are jointly advocating, and the officials involved, are not visible in the accessible portion.